
In a sense, then, Amazon is finally catching up to e-readers supplied by all of its rivals, such as Kobo and Barnes & Noble, some 15 years after the ePub format rolled out. Namely, that the world’s most popular e-reader is incompatible with the world’s most popular ebook format. It brings a partial solution to a long-running and particularly odd problem. Rather, the Send to Kindle function will convert such files into a format that the Amazon e-reader can use.
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You won’t be able to open these ePub files directly on your Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition, however.

In an easy-to-miss post over on its Kindle Content Help page, Amazon has revealed that ePub support is coming in late 2022. Amazon is finally set to add support for the popular ePub ebook file format to its Kindle range.
